Courtesy of Running Budgie some training tips involving Kegels for anyone who likes to jog, especially those who are considering doing a fun run, half-marathon or full marathon.
Pelvic floor exercises are not just for girls. They are for runners of all genders and transgenders.
Lying down with your knees bent at 90 degrees.
Tense your pelvic floor muscles in the same manner in which you would hold in a fart.
Hold for ten seconds WITHOUT tensing your stomach muscles.
This is very difficult, but essential in helping to activate and build the deeper abdominals responsible for holding hips and backs together when put under the strain of exercise.
Try to squeeze the pelvic floor muscles upwards, almost feeling like you are pointing them to the middle of the top of your skull. You should feel them move backwards towards your sacrum (above the tail bone).
If anything, this piece of advice could save you hundreds at the physio. Try to do it ten reps, two or three times per day
Originally posted 2010-07-18 17:23:34. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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